Low Fat Soup Recipes

Ingredients:

8 oz boneless pork loin -cut into 3/4-inch cubes
1 tsp cooking oil
1/2 cup thinly sliced green onion
1/3 cup chopped red sweet pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
29 oz reduced-sodium chicken broth -2 cans
1/2 cup long grain rice
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp dried oregano, crushed
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground red pepper
1/8 tsp ground turmeric
8 oz peeled and deveined shrimp
1 cup frozen green peas
1 tbsp snipped fresh parsley, optional

Instructions:

Cook pork in hot oil in a large saucepan for 4 to 5 minutes or till no
longer pink; remove from pan. Cook green onion, sweet pepper, and garlic in
drippings in same pan for 2 minutes.

Stir in broth, rice, bay leaf, oregano, salt, red pepper, and turmeric.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in cooked pork, shrimp, and
peas. Simmer, covered, for 3 to 5 minutes or till shrimp are opaque. Remove
bay leaf. Sprinkle with fresh parsley before serving, if desired.

Makes 4 servings.

Nutrition facts per serving: 256 cal., 7 g total fat (2 g sat. fat), 113 mg
cholesterol, 860 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate., 2 g dietary fiber, 23 g
pro. Daily Value: 13% vitamin. A, 30% vitamin. C, 23% iron. Food exchanges:
1 1/2 bread, 2 1/2 meat.

Busted by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net>.



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Preparation Time: 0:00

Servings: 4